Re: lock_kernel() & kmalloc - evil together?

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 11:40:36 -0700 (PDT)


On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> Is there a counter of some type in Linux I could check to detect this
> easily?

It's called

in_interrupt()

in Linux - it's not a single counter, as hard interrupts and soft
interrupts are counted separately, but it gives you the information you
want (whether you're in an interrupt or not).

Linus

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